Family AsteraceaeAntennaria howellii Greene subsp. canadensis (Greene) R.J.BayerCanadian pussy-toes, Howell's pussy-toesAntennaria: from the Latin antenna, because of the resemblance of the male flowers to insect antennaehowellii: named in honor of Thomas Jefferson Howell (1842-1912), a collector of the flora of Oregon and Washington, who wrote, produced and printed his own Flora of Northwest America.